A coworker brought me here about a month ago and I was genuinely surprised when I walked into this place. It was pretty clean and colorful in everything you expect from a traditional Mexican restaurant in the valley. Plus, they had individual La Rosa candy for sale at the register.
They could accommodate our group of 8 pretty easily at lunchtime and although service was pretty slow, it was a decent experience. I think I had red cheese enchiladas and was pleased enough with the flavors that my husband and I returned here this past weekend.
It was early Sunday afternoon and there were a handful of people in the restaurant. We were sat in the booth in the far corner by the server station; where the seat is pretty well worn and the vibration from some nearby machine rattles your back. We asked to be moved to a booth by the window; this time I scored the good seat and my husband got the lumpy one (score).
Chips are hot (charge: $1) and salsa is pretty good. His machaca plate order inspired me to get machaca red enchiladas this time. The machaca was pretty drippy with oil/water and it flooded my plate so I sent it back for some posole- there was really no saving the plate. I understand it's Mexican food and greasy but it was a little more than norm. Our extremely nice server that reminded me of my Tia was gracious and gave me a squinted eye "I agree" when I kindly made the request. The posole was downright tasty- and pretty meaty- a very thick red chile broth that was more stew like, nice texture on the hominy and served with lemon and minced green onion. It had a nice kick to it.
Overall, it was a solid 3-star experience.